Hello!

Welcome to the Rotary Club of Orangevale! If this is your first time visiting us, thank you for dropping in to see what we have to offer you and our community. Orangevale Rotary has been serving our community since 1960 and we are very proud of what we have accomplished over the years. Maybe you have seen us in and around Orangevale, or this may be the first time you heard about Rotary or our club!

The Rotary Club of Orangevale is part of the much larger organization known as Rotary International. Rotary International is a global network of 1.2 million neighbors, friends, leaders and problem solvers who see a world where people unite and take action to create lasting change – across the globe, in our communities, and in ourselves.

Our motto: “Service above self” and our mission is to “provide service to others, promote integrity, and advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through its fellowship of business, professional, and community leaders.”

We are able to accomplish these ideals through the dedication, passion and energy of our club members to make our community and world a better place. While Rotary International is a Service based organization, our club member’s benefit from personal networking opportunities, the sharing of business ideas and learning about a wide variety of relevant subjects from our weekly meeting speakers.

Our Guiding Principles provide Rotarians with a strong, common purpose and direction. They serve as a foundation for our relationships with each other and the action we take in the world. The Four-Way Test is our guide “Of the things we think, say or do”:

Is it the TRUTH?

Is it FAIR to all concerned?

Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?

Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?

Our commitment to service are channeled through the five Avenues of Service, which include Community, Youth, International, Vocational and Club service. Each of these avenues provide our club with a solid foundation of the activities that we engage in our community and the world.

If you are interested in learning more about our club and the work we do in our community, I would like to invite you to attend one of our meetings. We meet on Friday mornings at La Placita Restaurant in Orangevale, 9272 Greenback Lane at 7am.

Inspired by a presentation to the Orangevale Rotary Club 2 years ago by Chris Nelson on the Flying Samaritans’ medical clinic in San Quintin, I invited Chris to talk to our high school Interact Club about how the students could contribute to this amazing program. As a result the Interact Club has enthusiastically sponsored several school and Rotary backpack donation drives in the past 2 years. Chris arrived to pick up bags and bags of precious donations to fill the simple cloth backpacks given to children and mothers at the clinic each month. The newsletter photos confirmed the excitement and joy our donations have brought to the farm worker families. Last year the Interact Club also donated $250 to the Flying Sams!